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Can Ola break the Swiggy-Zomato duopoly? Lessons from Uber Eats’ India outing provide the answer

Can Ola break the Swiggy-Zomato duopoly? Lessons from Uber Eats’ India outing provide the answer

Courtesy of Uber Eats and BCCL

Synopsis

With Uber exiting the food-delivery business in India, Ola, which has managed to stay in the game with its cloud-kitchen experiment, is eying a bigger pie. But to achieve that, the ride-hailing company will need more than just a platform and a rich user base.

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To do two things at once is to do neither. — Publilius Syrus If it occurred to you even for a moment that the Latin writer’s words of wisdom were applicable only to mortals and not to corporate giants with multi-billion-dollar war chests, think again. Better yet, ask the ride-hailing companies that set out on journeys driven by “synergies” to conquer the rapidly growing food-delivery market. Leveraging core strengths and expanding horizontally
( Originally published on Feb 04, 2020 )

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